Operation Juno was a German sortie into the Norwegian Sea during the Norwegian Campaign, with the goal of helping the German Army to drive the Allied out of northern Norway and to recapture Narvik. The most notable engagement of the operation was the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sinking the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and its two escorting destroyers. Several Allied vessels were sunk in other engagements.
Hans Lody rescuing survivors from the troop transport Orama
Photograph of HMS Glorious at sea in 1936
Scharnhorst firing her forward 283 mm guns during the engagement with Glorious and her escorts
Narvik is the third-largest municipality in Nordland county, Norway, by population. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Narvik. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Ankenesstranda, Ballangen, Beisfjord, Bjerkvik, Bjørnfjell, Elvegård, Kjøpsvik, Skjomen, Håkvik, Hergot, Straumsnes, and Vidrek. The Elvegårdsmoen army camp is located near Bjerkvik.
View of Narvik
Central Narvik in summer with a view on the freedom monument 'Liv opp av kaos' ('Life out of chaos', 1956) by Narvik's sculptor Gunnar Olaf Finn Eriksen [sv].
Near Narvik city centre; Ankenes is seen across the bay
View of Narvik at night from the highest point accessible to cars